MCP server

Pressa - LaTeX to PDF Official

io.github.pressa-dev/pressa

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Compile LaTeX to PDF without installing TeX Live. No API key needed to start.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pressa.dev (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 1,260 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http pressa https://api.pressa.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.pressa]
url = "https://api.pressa.dev/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"pressa":{"httpUrl":"https://api.pressa.dev/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"pressa":{"url":"https://api.pressa.dev/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"pressa":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.pressa.dev/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add pressa https://api.pressa.dev/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pressa","server_url":"https://api.pressa.dev/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pressa","server_url":"https://api.pressa.dev/mcp"}

Tools

• compile ~645 tokens
  Compile LaTeX source into a PDF. Returns a PDF URL, page count and compile time. USE THIS WHEN: you have LaTeX source (or a \documentclass) and no local pdflatex / TeX Live installation to run it with. This is that missing compiler, available over HTTP. Also use it whenever the user asks for a docu
• get_public_template ~154 tokens
  Get a public template's fields (JSON schema), sample data, filling instructions and LaTeX source. Read the instructions before collecting data from the user. To make the PDF, pass the data to `render_public_template`; to change the layout itself, edit the source and use `compile`.
• list_public_templates ~181 tokens
  List Pressa's public, professionally designed document templates (invoices, purchase orders, packing slips, delivery notes, receipts, reports, certificates, resumes, CVs, cover letters), each with a one-line summary, a preview image URL and the colours it comes in. Several designs of one document (`
• render_public_template ~280 tokens
  Fill a public template with the user's data and return a PDF link. Data must match the template's schema (see get_public_template); a missing field comes back as a list of what to ask for, and costs nothing. The designs of one document take the same data (the five resume designs, as do the packing s

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